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  • May 29, 2012 |

    Bakers secures South Africa launch with hire of 31-strong Dewey team

    Baker & McKenzie has launched in South Africa with the hire of Dewey & LeBoeuf's 31-strong Johannesburg office, one of the disintegrating firm's last remaining international bases. The move, which comes as Dewey filed for bankruptcy last night (28 May), will gift Bakers a fully operational South Africa presence.

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  • May 29, 2012 |

    Dewey becomes world's largest legal failure as firm files for bankruptcy

    Dewey & LeBoeuf has filed for bankruptcy, with the firm's UK operations simultaneously placed into administration, confirming the world's largest ever legal failure, reports The Am Law Daily. The firm's demise was confirmed last night via a Chapter 11 filing submitted in federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan. The move ends weeks of speculation as to when and how Dewey - buried beneath hundreds of millions of dollars of debt and with virtually all of its partners scattered to other firms since the start of the year - would enter its final phase.

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  • May 28, 2012 |

    Holman Fenwick and Fulbright sign up trio of Dewey London partners

    Holman Fenwick Willan and Fulbright & Jaworski have become the latest firms to benefit from the collapse of Dewey & LeBoeuf's City arm, with the pair bringing in three partners between them. Holman Fenwick has picked up two partners, recruiting Dewey's City financial regulation chief Robert Finney and corporate finance and insurance partner James Lewis.

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  • May 25, 2012 |

    Three Dewey lenders sell off their debt as firm's bankruptcy looms

    Three of the major lenders to Dewey & LeBoeuf have sold their debt ahead the ailing US giant's expected bankruptcy. A source familiar with the matter told the Am Law Daily that three of the four banks that extended Dewey a $100m (£63.7m) line of credit - Citi Private Bank, Bank of America and HSBC - have sold their portions of the debt.

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  • May 24, 2012 |

    UK trio join legal line-up as Thai company trumps Shell with £1.2bn Cove bid

    Slaughter and May, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons have become the latest firms to win roles on the billion-pound bidding battle for Cove Energy. Slaughters is advising Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP), which has topped an earlier bid from Royal Dutch Shell with a new £1.2bn offer. Cove's directors have unanimously recommended that its shareholders accept the latest bid.

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  • May 23, 2012 |

    Irish trio act alongside Wall St elite on US company's $11bn Ireland tax move

    A trio of top Irish law firms have taken roles on an $11.8bn (£7.5bn) deal which has seen US power management company Eaton move its headquarters to Ireland, saving the the US business millions of dollars in taxes a year. The multibillion-dollar acquisition of Irish electrical equipment supplier Cooper Industries will create a global electricity company incorporated in the Emerald Isle, with the combined business called Eaton Global.

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  • May 22, 2012 |

    Dewey London partners to vote on administration; US nears bankruptcy

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's London arm could file for administration as early as tomorrow (23 May) as partners prepare to vote on winding down operations in a meeting expected to take place at 10am. The news comes as the stricken firm has brought in global restructuring firm Zolfo Cooper in the US, where it is moving closer to filing for bankruptcy.

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  • May 21, 2012 |

    Dewey restructuring duo join Proskauer as two more City partners find homes

    Dewey & LeBoeuf's London arm has seen a further four partner departures, including restructuring duo Mark Fennessy and Hazel Miller who are set to join their New York counterparts at US rival Proskauer Rose. Fennessy and Miller's forthcoming departures come just days after New York bankruptcy chief Martin Bienenstock announced his departure for Proskauer alongside a six-partner team.

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  • May 17, 2012 |

    NY duo act on first Brazilian investment bank float

    Shearman & Sterling and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are among a raft of firms to have advised on the recent initial public offering (IPO) of BTG Pactual – the first-ever float by a Brazilian investment bank.

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  • May 16, 2012 |

    Sullivan and Slaughters lead as Diageo taps US bond markets for $2.5bn

    Diageo has instructed a trio of leading law firms on a $2.5bn (£1.5bn) financing deal that saw the London-based drinks giant tap the US bond markets. The London-based company, which owns alcoholic beverage brands including Guinness, Baileys, Captain Morgan and Smirnoff, turned to Sullivan & Cromwell for US law advice with Slaughter and May taking the lead UK law role.

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